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Eve, Justin, Susie, and Ed have been friends since they were teenagers. Now in their thirties, the four are as close as ever, Thursday night bar trivia is sacred, and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. Maybe she should have moved on by now, but she can’t stop thinking about what could have been. And she knows Ed still thinks about it, too. But then, in an instant, their lives are changed forever.

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She found The One. But when everyone wants him, can she keep him? Edie found true love. And on Christmas day, he’s knocking at her door. Elliot Owen is handsome, charming and basically Hollywood royalty. And, he insists, madly in love with Edie Thompson: an ordinary citizen with tomato soup stains on her coat. It’s going to be complicated. Edie will have to learn how to live in the limelight, but they’re just too good together not to try.

The new novel from the bestselling author of You Had Me At Hello. Anna Alessi - history expert, possessor of a lot of hair and an occasionally filthy mouth - seeks nice man for intelligent conversation and Mills & Boon moments. Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn't be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves, life has turned out better than she dared dream.

When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling - not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles, and the thought of dating again in the age of Tinder is nothing short of horrifying. When news of her ex’s pregnant girlfriend hits the office grapevine, taking the humiliation lying down is not an option. Then, a chance encounter in a broken-down elevator with the office playboy opens up a new possibility.

When Roisin and Joe join their friends for a weekend at a country house, it’s a triple celebration—a birthday, an engagement, and the launch of Joe’s shiny new TV show. But as the weekend unfolds, tensions come to light in the group and Roisin begins to question her own relationship. And as they watch the first episode of Joe’s drama, she realizes that the private things she told him—which should have stayed between them—are right there on the screen.

An achingly funny story from the author of the best-selling You Had Me at Hello. When Edie is caught in a compromising position at her colleagues' wedding, all the blame falls on her - turns out that personal popularity in the office is not that different from your school days. Shamed online and ostracised by everyone she knows, Edie's forced to take an extended sabbatical - ghostwriting an autobiography for hot new acting talent, Elliot Owen. Easy, right? Wrong.

Delia Moss isn’t quite sure where she went wrong. When she proposed and discovered her boyfriend was sleeping with someone else – she thought it was her fault. When she realised life would never be the same again – she thought it was her fault. And when he wanted her back like nothing had changed – Delia started to wonder if perhaps she was not to blame… From Newcastle to London and back again, with dodgy jobs, eccentric bosses and annoyingly handsome journalists thrown in, Delia must find out where her old self went – and if she can ever get her back.

Despite the oddballs that keep turning up on her dates, Anna couldn’t be happier. As a 30-something with a job she loves, life has turned out better than she dared dream. However, things weren’t always this way, and her years spent as the ‘Italian Galleon’ of an East London comprehensive are ones she’d rather forget. So when James Fraser – the architect of Anna’s final humiliation at school – walks back into her life, her world is turned upside down. But James seems a changed man. Polite. Mature. Funny, even. People can change, right? So why does Anna feel like she’s a fool to trust him?

Edie thought she was in love … until he told her he was marrying someone else. Then, when he kisses her on the day of his wedding, life really starts to unravel. Labelled a homewrecker, overnight Edie is the office outcast. To help, her boss offers a chance to get out of town, and she jumps at it. But when this fresh start unexpectedly throws her into the path of Hollywood heartthrob Elliot Owen and the limelight, the question on everyone’s lips is: who’s that girl? Edie is about to find out.

Harriet Hatley is the most in-demand wedding photographer in town, but she doesn’t believe in romance, loathes the idea of marriage, and thinks chocolate fountains are an abomination. Which is why, when her long-time partner proposes, she panics. Suddenly Harriet is single… and living down the hall from her ex. She needs a new apartment, like, yesterday.

If there’s anything worse than being fired from the lousiest restaurant in town, it’s coming home early to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the humiliation of a double dumping in one day, Georgina takes the next job that comes her way - bartender in a newly opened pub. There’s only one problem: It’s run by the guy she fell in love with years ago. And - make that two problems - he doesn’t remember her. At all. But she has fabulous friends and her signature hot pink fur coat...what more could a girl really need?

What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling debut from Mhairi McFarlane. Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away. They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend.

Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away. They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend.

Edie fällt aus allen Wolken, als ihr Kollege Jack sie zu seiner Hochzeit einlädt. Denn bis vor kurzem hat Jack noch mit ihr geflirtet. Aber absagen ist nicht drin, und so heißt es: Augen zu und durch. Als Edie während der Feier kurz in den Park flieht, steht plötzlich Jack vor ihr - und küsst sie. Doch die Braut überrascht die beiden, und innerhalb kürzester Zeit ist Edie die am meisten gehasste Frau auf der Hochzeit.

Au lycée, Anna était grosse, laide et terriblement mal dans sa peau. À trente ans, l'époque où elle était le souffre-douleur de son bahut, et de James en particulier, lui semble déjà loin : elle est belle, elle a un boulot de rêve, et la vie lui sourit. Mais le destin nous réserve parfois d'étranges surprises, et l’homme qui lui a infligé la pire humiliation de sa vie refait surface. Contre toute attente, James est devenu prévenant, drôle, spirituel... et il n'est pas insensible au charme de la ravissante jeune femme avec laquelle il organise une exposition.

Wenn in Georginas Leben etwas schiefgeht, dann wenigstens gründlich: Erst verliert sie ihren Job als Kellnerin, dann erwischt sie ihren Freund Robin im Bett mit einer anderen. Weil Tränen ihr noch nie geholfen haben, setzt Georgina Robin kurzerhand vor die Tür und sucht sich einen neuen Job. Leider ist ihr zukünftiger Boss kein Unbekannter: Lukas war zu Schulzeiten ihre große Liebe, bis zu jener schrecklichen Party-Nacht, ausgerechnet in der Bar, in der sie nun arbeiten soll... Als wäre das noch immer nicht genug, macht Robin plötzlich als Stand-up-Comedian Furore - mit Szenen aus Georginas alten Tagebüchern!

Rachel et Ben. Le duo d'enfer. Ces deux copains de fac ont fait les quatre cents coups et sont restés inséparables jusqu'à la fin de leurs études. Alors que Rachel, casée depuis des années, était promise à un avenir tout tracé, Ben, lui, voulait partir à l'aventure. Dix ans plus tard, Rachel se sépare de son fiancé et traverse une période de remise en question. Ben, quant à lui, a trouvé un boulot de rêve et une épouse parfaite ; sa vie est sur des rails.

Ben und Rachel. Rachel und Ben. Zu Unizeiten waren sie unzertrennlich. Die Welt hätte ihnen nichts anhaben können. Beste Kumpels waren sie. Doch eine Nacht vorm Abschlussball ist etwas geschehen. Seitdem sind zehn Jahre vergangen und die beiden haben sich nie mehr gesehen. Bis jetzt. Allerdings ist Ben heute verheiratet, und Rachel hat sich gerade von ihrem Verlobten getrennt.

Ein gebrochenes Herz, ein zweifelhafter Ruf und ein fast perfekter Plan. Von einem Tag auf den anderen steht die 36-jährige Laurie vor den Scherben ihres Glücks: Ihre große Liebe Dan trennt sich von ihr. Um sich selbst neu zu finden, wie er sagt - eine Neue hat er allerdings schon gefunden. Als wäre das nicht schlimm genug, ist die Neue bald darauf schwanger von Dan, der Lauries Kinderwunsch seit Jahren abgeschmettert hat.